Health Workforce Research

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The Evolving Landscape of Nursing: RNs in Public Health and Long-Term Care

This webinar features 2 presentations highlighting the important roles of nurses in public health and long-term care settings. Paula Kett and Betty Bekemeier provide a timely discussion about the current state of public health nursing workforce research, sharing insights from their own work on improving measurement of the workforce. Joanne Spetz complements this discussion with...

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The Public Health Workforce Calculator in a Post-COVID Era

The Public Health Workforce Calculator was developed early in the COVID-19 pandemic to help public health agencies estimate the staffing needed to fully implement the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS). However, the data used to develop the algorithm for the Workforce Calculator was from pre-pandemic time periods. This article examines whether the Workforce Calculator remains...

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About HWTAC

Established to support the efforts of the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), the Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center (HWTAC) provides technical assistance to states and organizations that engage in health workforce planning. Our strength at HWTAC is our experience and knowledge about health workforce research. We offer a wide array of technical expertise to support health workforce planning at many levels.

HWTAC is based at the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) at the College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York.

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